The Fall of Fortresses: A Personal Account of One of the Most Daring - and Deadly - Air Battles of the Second World War

The Fall of Fortresses

A Personal Account of One of the Most Daring - and Deadly - Air Battles of the Second World War

1980 • 218 pages

Elmer Bendiner was aboard a B-17 that was in a bombing raid over Germany. They were hit in the fuel tank by a German 20mm shell that did not explode. Upon landing, they found 11 such shells. All had no explosives. In one was a note from a Czech prisoner that said, "That's all we can do to help for now".


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